The blog with a love/hate relationship with technology
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the need for high-priced hookers.
A robot must protect its own political existence as long as such protection [...]
Sarah Lacy
Geeky? Yes. Sexy? Well, maybe that’s in the eye of the beholder. Ms. Lacy is definitely a looker, and she knows how to get a crowd going. I’m not totally convinced she’s not a robot, though it is very possible that she is both real and cyborg. I would not put it past her [...]
If dancing and performing robots on stage is a means to an end for the technocratic cabal of robot lovers, then the arts can also be a tool for the marshaling legions of the meat-freedom rebellion.
The Open Circle Theater in Seattle is running a production of RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots), the original manifesto of bio [...]
You want evidence of the robot uprising? Look no further than the current issue of Columbus Alive!, the weekly arts and entertainment paper serving the capital of Ohio. The cover story is called “Robots Attack!” and comes complete with a whole section of robophile content.
A big chunk of the edition, though, is given over to [...]
In their never-ending quest to augment the human form with metal and hydraulics, researchers in Japan have developed a powered exoskeleton designed to help carpenters hang drywall. The wearable device provides lifting power and strength to assist in the arduous task of putting up ceiling panels and other heavy-lifting activities.
Having done some drywall work in [...]
Advanced robots, especially those that mimic human or animal traits, have a certain wow factor that immediately grabs attention, but the robot overlords scheming towards the robot uprising and total human enslavement know that they need to do more than amaze with technical wizardry. They know that to really get people to love and embrace [...]
Robots frighten me to the core but rats give me the willies. Put them together and what to you get? A good reason to head for the bunker. From io9:
A robot controlled by a simulated rat brain has proved itself to be a remarkable mimic of rodent behaviour in series of classic animal experiments. The [...]
The best thing you can say about robots is that they look like robots. They are easily identifiable as robots, and once identified their threat can be assessed and they can be deactivated or destroyed as needed. Oh sure, some robots might look a whole lot like human beings, but we have tests we can [...]
Never at a loss for a reason to deploy an army of robots, the Japanese are hoping their cyborg buddies will help them avoid hay fever this year.
Tokyo-based Weathernews is set to unleash a flotilla of Pollen Bots that people can hang outside their homes to monitor the air quality. In typical Japanese fashion, the [...]
At a Stanford University conference this past weekend, scientists debated the pros and cons of creating autonomous robot killing machines. To me it seems like a rather one sided debate — robots killing people vs. robots not killing people — but someone managed to defend the idea that creating war machines with artificial intelligence is [...]
